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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Germansville, PA · August 2, 1979

Date: August 2, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place: Germansville, PA
Airport: Flying M
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1543Y
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC79FHA18
Reported as: Cessna 172
Reported engine: Continental O300D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 890 total640 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N1543YRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Cessna 172CS/N 17249243 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made go around due to blocked runway. Engine stopped. Crash landed in corn field. No engine defect.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE GO AROUND DUE TO BLOCKED RUNWAY. ENGINE STOPPED. CRASH LANDED IN CORN FIELD. NO ENGINE DEFECT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC79FHA18Accident · No injuriesClosedGermansville, PAAug 2, 1979 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N1543Y · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20180815014229ALanding: Touchdown · Silver City, NMOn August 15, 2018, at 1150 MDT, a Cessna 172C, N1543Y, registered to [privacy data omitted] was substantially damaged on landing at grant county airport (ksvc)at Silver City, new Mexico while on a personal student pilot cross-country flight. Visual…Aug 15, 2018 · Substantial damage Incident 19790407012699IClimb · Elkton, MDJumper killed when she lost control of the ripcord handle. Waited too long to deploy reserve.Apr 7, 1979 · 1 fatal Incident 19780902016979IDescent · Chesapeake City, MDParachute failed to fully open, skydiver injured.Sep 2, 1978